Utilization of the catheter push technique for optical coherence tomography in severely stenotic lesions
Bernard Wong1, Cuneyt Ada2, Bharat Khialani3
1Cardiovascular Unit, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|August 28, 2025
Abstract:
The authors present 2 case examples of the C-PUSH (catheter push) optical coherence tomography (OCT) technique. The C-PUSH technique allows baseline assessment of virgin (unmodified) plaque in severely stenosed vessels where blood clearance is suboptimal and when OCT acquisition is performed in the standard fashion.
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